Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections
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Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/legislation-targets-epa-science-toxic-chemicals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #EPA #Environment #Regulation #Congress #Government #Law #Science
Environmental scientists said a new EPA directive could lead to weakened chemical protections, such as revised limits on how much arsenic is allowed in drinking water or the amount of lead considered acceptable in paint or soil.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-directive-chemical-assessments?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Environment #Government #Trump #EPA #Chemicals #Regulation
Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.
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In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering exempting even more.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Pollution #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Trump #AirQuality
Insects are disappearing from the last places we thought were safe https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250922074956.htm
‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal
#environment
#Coalkills
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/climate/trump-coal-revival.html
“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump
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More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections.
#News #Trump #EPA #Environment #Pollution #Health #Government #DEI
Trump Decimates NOAA Lab Protecting Great Lakes from Toxic Algae Blooms
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https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water
Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
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The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Michigan #Ohio #Environment #Trump #DOGE #NOAA #Water #Science
In our magazine, from Candice Bernd: Texas is the national epicenter of #Bitcoin mining, with only about 24 total mines operating outside the state’s borders. Approximately 40 mines are operating in the state, together consuming about 3,200 MWs, enough to power 800,000 homes. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-crypto-racket/
Copublished with our friends at The Nation.
#Texas #politics #energy #ClimateChange #pollution #environment #OilAndGas #crypto #news
Citizen-led pollution monitoring persists in Louisiana, despite law that limits its use https://www.bocvip.com/1079296/citizen-led-pollution-monitoring-persists-in-louisiana-despite-law-that-limits-its-use/ #environment
Under #Trump, #EPA scientists say managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including #cancer, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. And in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves.
#News #Science #Environment #Health #Government
(Published Sept. 2024) https://propub.li/3Zx4ljp
When they set out to make their power supply 100% green, Northwest leaders ignored the fact that the region lacks the wiring to deliver new sources of renewable energy to people’s homes.
Little has been done to change that, ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting found.
#News #Oregon #Washington #Green #Energy #Environment #Wind #Solar
Higher Prices, Rolling Blackouts: The Northwest Is Bracing for the Effects of a Lagging Green Energy Push
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Oregon and Washington are nowhere near achieving their clean energy goals. The dramatic consequences are already being felt.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-consequences?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oregon #Washington #Energy #Sustainability #Green #Environment
Bluestripe Snapper, aka Ta'ape, schooling at an ocean reef on O'ahu's west side. Your #sealife #photooftheday
Prints available - DM me. #yellow #fish #Saturday #creature #ocean #sea #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #environment #earth #photo #photography #underwater #AIFreePhoto #Oahu #Hawaii #reef
I've had this project on the back-burner for years but with humanity descending more into chaos every day it's time for blackbird to tidy up!
Read it on my portfolio:
https://jfml.eu/2025/05/zine-amsel-raeumt-auf/
#JfmlArt #art #illustration #creative #DigitalArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtWithOpenSource #MastoArt #AutoKorrektur #FuckCars #antifa #birds #environment #capitalism #comics #krita #inkscape #zine
NOAA: 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted to Be Above Normal With 13 to 19 Named Storms https://www.ecowatch.com/noaa-atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast-2025.html
Although Tom Ragsdale’s #oil companies owe New Mexico more than $3.5 million for #pollution and unpaid fees, the state has recovered only about $50,000.
Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”
#News #Environment #Energy #Business #Regulation #Law #Illustration
Kate Hildenbrand makes wonderful videos about gardening, the environment, animals, nature, cooking and other topics. You can follow at:
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There are already 174 videos uploaded. If they haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://video.katehildenbrand.com/a/kate/videos
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The amount of bad news that I could be sharing with you, if I chose to, is much greater than what you actually see here on my page. Every day I have to filter through all the items I find, looking for those that seem to me the most relevant and most important for readers to know, not simply those that are the most alarming or most sensationalist.
I’m not trying to scare people — well, maybe I am trying to scare people — but the point is not simply for you to be frightened, but to take action in the face of a looming disaster.
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
The world is drowning in plastic.
Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a "solution" that works like magic.
Don't be fooled.
(Published June 2024)
https://propub.li/4eYp8RR
Industry documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how NW Natural, Oregon’s largest natural gas company, pursued an approach that ended up perpetuating its core fossil fuel business while the company painted a picture of going green.
(Published Sept. 2024)
https://propub.li/3PlzCQ7
#News #Environment #Energy #Green #CleanEnergy #FossilFuels #Oil #Gas
#EPA Report Finds That Formaldehyde Presents an “Unreasonable Risk” to Public Health
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The report was published weeks after a ProPublica investigation found that the chemical causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant and can trigger asthma, miscarriages and fertility problems.
Texas lawmakers rejected over five dozen bills that could have protected residents from last summer’s deadly floods.
“We need to resist this narrative that this disaster was unpreventable,” an environmental studies director said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-lawmakers-flooding-protections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Flood #Environment #Climate #Law #Safety #TX #USPolitics
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